CLPPP vs CLPRP Living In Fear Of Lead Poisoning
For years, I have been working under the assumption that a CLPPP was a program that could help prevent lead poisoning of children, as Ben Franklin said. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Ben also coincidently discovered the health risks associated...
Lead Paint Detective Discovers Lumetallix
Anthony Weaver is a Lead Risk Assessor in Toledo, Ohio. The city of Toledo created its own Lead Rules in 2016. He is very connected to his community's Public Health network. He has established himself as an expert, advocate, and educator for Childhood Lead Poisoning...
Kids Deserve To Be Lead Free
As I write this blog, I am reminded about the dangers of not maintaining older buildings where children are present. Child occupied facilities by EPA definition are: A child-occupied facility is a building, or a portion of a building, constructed before 1978, visited...
EPA Beefs Up Dust Regulations
The EPA recently tightened dust rules in one area of the Federal Lead World. The rule does not affect projects that are not federally funded. The EPA is aware of our product and could incorporate it into the RRP and the Federal World of Lead any day, but it hasn't...
West Coast Lead Conference A Hit
Lead Locators proudly displayed the Lumetallix instant lead test kit at the West Coast Lead and Healthy Housing Conference in Downey, California. 180 professionals gathered to discuss and hear the latest in healthy housing and where California goes with its lead...
Lead Locators Heads To Downey CA
Western Regional Lead & Healthy Housing Conference January 29 – 30, 2025 Held At The Embassy Suites in Downey, CA Lead Locators is headed with Lumetallix to the Western Regional Lead & Healthy Housing Conference. January 29-30, 2025. At that conference, we...
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Best Lead Test In The World?
I was having coffee with my good friend, Professor Uwe Reischl, PhD and MD. The conversation meandered to some of the great inventions and leaps in technology in disease prevention and how the Lumetallix instant lead test could become one of them. He shared my...
Lead Contamination In The News
The scenario plays out all over the country repeatedly. A child goes in for a checkup and gets a routine finger prick from their pediatrician for lead. The screening test comes back positive, so they repeat the test, and it is positive again. Then, a venous draw is...
Keeping Your Lead Bucket Empty
I recall a conversation regarding a cancer bucket. What is a cancer bucket, you ask? It was a metaphorical way of explaining that once you are prone to getting cancer (which was a genetic thing in their case), there were behaviors that could start filling the cancer...
New EPA Dust Clearance Rules Are A Beast
According to my sources, getting clearance is even more difficult due to the new lowered threshold for lead dust in federally funded projects or when Lead abatement is happening. It's Like Taking An Open Book Test Wouldn't it be great if you knew that clearance was a...
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